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SORTING CONTACT DETECTION ALGORITHM 101
3 1 7112145 9 4 812613 15 16 10
11 > 8, 6 < 8,
so it so it
moves moves
Figure 3.34 A new pair that needs to be swapped is found (6 and 11 need to swap places).
3 1 7 6 2 14 5 9 4 8 12 11 13 15 16 10
2 < 8, 12 > 8,
so it so it
stays stays
Figure 3.35 No swapping needed.
3 1 7 6 2 14 5 9 4 8 12 11 13 15 16 10
14 > 8, 8 = 8,
so it so it
moves stays
Figure 3.36 Swapping needed, but not possible yet.
3 1 7 6 2 14 5 9 4 8 12 11 13 15 16 10
14 > 8, 4 < 8,
so it so it
moves moves
Figure 3.37 The new pair to be swapped is identified.
Array X 1,A Array X 1,B
3 1 7 6 2 14 5 9 4 8 12 11 13 15 16 10
5 < 8, 9 > 8,
so it so it
stays stays
Figure 3.38 The swapping sequence has resulted in two sub-arrays.